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7 realistic ways to stay motivated and set smart goals

Easy, realistic ways to stay motivated // ew & pt

Staying motivated is never an easy feat, and it’s an especially tricky one when the world seems to be (is?) crumbling during a global pandemic. But even if the world is crumbling, you don’t have to be!

I’m usually pretty good at staying motivated, but I find myself falling into slumps whenever I’m not sure what I’m working toward or why. I LOVE a project with a clear vision or goal, but when I don’t have those things sometimes I find myself giving up or drifting off into a series of “What’s the point?” thoughts.

Sadly, beautiful bullet journals and inspiring Ted Talks do very little for me in terms of setting goals and achieving them.

And so, I’ve gathered some of my best, practical ways to stay motivated in hopes it might help you set and smash some goals… and maybe it’ll help me get back on track, too.

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16 quick and easy tasks that’ll improve your life

16 quick and easy tasks that'll improve your life

Like most people, I don’t think I’ve ever really stuck to a new year’s resolution. I also don’t think I’ve ever really achieved goals that I set in January. Generally, throughout the year, I’ll stick to resolutions and work toward goals for about a month tops before I give up or forget about them.

So, I try to make the whole thing a bit more palatable. Tiny, practical steps that can be accomplished in (generally) less than one day. Sometimes even less than one hour.

So instead of trying to make some grand resolution or even in addition to doing that… here are some quick and easy things to do that’ll improve your life.

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The Guide to Setting Goals and Actually Achieving Them

The Guide to Setting Goals and Actually Completing Them

I hate the “#GoalDigger” trend that’s being gold embossed all over notebooks and coffee mugs. I know it’s supposed to be clever and cute but frankly, I think it missed the mark. You don’t dig up goals and I know I’m being super literal with this one but ugh. I’m also sick of seeing “Girl Boss” on everything. Why can’t I just be a boss without having to add my gender in front?

Anyway, this is about goals. And it’s about setting goals that can actually be completed. Funny enough, part of the reason I’m writing this post right now during my last week of college when I should be doing 100 other things like packing or getting ready for senior formal is because of a goal. Three years ago, I set a goal to post twice a week on ew&pt. When that was too overwhelming based on my workload and schedule, I made the goal more realistic by posting once a week. I’ve yet to fail this one and I post every week no matter how busy and crazy life gets. It’s goal that matters to me and it’s one of the very, very few I actually stick to.

Because at the end of the day, setting goals is easy but setting good ones can be tough. Actually achieving them is even tougher. Here’s how we can work on this. Emphasis on the “we.”

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I’M 20! (19 Things Before 20 Revisited)

TWENNIE

Well, shit, I’m twenty. While that’s probably not the prettiest way to start a blog post, it was my first, honest thought. The suffix “-teen” is officially gone from my age and I can basically feel the gray hairs and wrinkles forming. I’m definitely kidding, I use moisturizer. Kidding, I’m still only twenty. I’m still the baby of my house at college, so I can hold onto my youth for a little bit longer.

I can now officially be labeled a “twenty something,” that is, if zero counts as a “something.” I can finally read those articles and feel like I actually belong there, which is pretty nice.

Even though I don’t want to be older, I’m also really wishing to turn twenty-one soon, because it seems a lot more fun than being twenty. Also, you can legally consume alcohol, which is pretty ~adult~ if I do say so myself.

Although I did “19 things before 20” last year, I have decided not to make a “20 Things Before 21” list for a few reasons:

1. Years fly by so quickly and there’s no way to know what I can or cannot accomplish in a year and by setting unreachable goals and seeing I’ve failed them I feel kind of shitty about it because usually the ones I did not achieve are the fun ones.

2. I don’t even know what I want to do. I’ll open a snack, eat a few bites and then change my mind and take something else. I’ll order french toast and only once it’s in front of me I’ll remember I don’t like french toast. I’ll change my outfit five times before leaving the house on some days. I don’t know what to aim to achieve, I really don’t.

3. I’m revisiting “19 Before 20.” I’d rather see how that has panned out than make another list. Plus, it was hard enough to name 19 things, I don’t think I could name 20 now.

So, here were my 19 things before 20 if you’d like to see them thoroughly, but here’s a little update on them all…

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